Use this method to control the fabric placement
so that the BG and C2L fabrics are always in the orientation shown below (Unit G1).With right sides together, put a BG square
with a C2-Light square, using a pencil, mark the lighter side from corner to
corner on both diagonals as shown in diagram below.Begin sewing in upper left corner ¼” from
marked line as indicated by black arrows, stop at intersecting diagonal line
and move to the other side of the line and continue sewing.Rotate block and sew in the same manner as
indicated by red sewing line. Cut apart on the solid diagonal lines, pressing
seams on each unit toward the darker fabric.

Unit
G1 – Make 72

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Using the 72 G1 Units, sew the seventy-two (72) C1-Dark
triangles to the long side, press seams to darker unit.

Unit G2 – Make 72

The unit should measure
3-1/2” x 3-1/2” square

Step 4 – Part H

For 5-fabric quilt

·Background Fabric

oCut
seven (7) 6-1/2” strips

oFrom
these strips cut sixty-eight (68) 3-1/2” x 6-1/2” rectangles

Set aside 34 rectangles (label them BG-H rectangles)

For scrap-fabric quilt

·From various BG fabrics

oCut
sixty-eight (68) 3-1/2”” x 6-1/2” rectangles

Set aside 34 rectangles (label them BG-H rectangles)

Using the remaining thirty-four (34) BG-H rectangles, sew a B1
Unit to one 3-1/2” end, and a B2 Unit to the other 3-1/2” end, as illustrated,
press to BG-H rectangles

·Cut these into seventeen (17) 3-1/2” units which
will measure 3-1/2” x 6-1/2”

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·From various Background fabrics

·Cut thirty-four (34) 2” x 3-1/2” rectangles

·From various C1-Dark fabrics

·Cut seventeen (17) 3-1/2” squares

Sew one BG rectangle to the left side and one BG rectangle
to the right side of each C1-Dark square, press toward C1-Dark

Unit E – Make 17 (Unit E should measure 3-1/2” x 6-1/2”)

Step 3 – Part F

For 5-fabric quilt

·Background (BG) Fabric

oCut four (4) 3-7/8” strips

·Color Two Dark (C2-Dark)

oCut four (4) 3-7/8” strips

·Layer BG strips with the C2-Dark strips, right
sides together (4-layered strip sets)

oFrom the strip sets, cut thirty-six (36) 3-7/8"
squares

For scrap-fabric quilt

·From various BG fabrics

oCut thirty-six (36) 3-7/8” squares

·From various C2-Dark fabrics

oCut thirty-six (36) 3-7/8” squares

On the wrong side of the lighter of the two
fabrics, mark a diagonal line from corner to corner.Sew ¼” on both sides of the diagonal.Cut apart on the drawn line to create 72 half
square triangles, press toward C2-Dark

Step 4. Using a 1/4" foot and starting with the diagonal line which begins at the upper left corner, sew 1/4" to the right of the line, stopping at the intersecting diagonal line (if you don't have a 1/4" foot, draw sewing lines 1/4" to the right and left of each diagonal line to mark the stitching line)

Step 5. Lift presser foot and jog over 1/4" to the left side of the diagonal line and sew to lower right corner ﻿

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Step 6. The sewn first diagonal line (blue thread)

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Step 7. Turn square a quarter turn and sew the second diagonal line in the same way as the first--to the right of the first half of the diagonal line and to the left of the second half (red thread)

Step 8. Cut apart on both diagonal lines

Step 9. Press to Blue fabric

Step 10. This creates four (4) partial Units (the quarter-square half of the finished unit) "QSH"

Step 11. Cut the two (2) 3-7/8" C2 Brown squares in half on one diagonal﻿

Use this method to control the fabric placement so
that the BG and C1-Light fabrics are always in the orientation shown below. With
right sides together, put a BG square with a C1-Light square, using a pencil,
mark the lighter fabric from corner to corner on both diagonals as shown in
diagram below.Begin sewing in upper
left corner ¼” to the right of marked diagonal line as indicated by black arrows,
stop at intersecting diagonal line, move your needle to the other side of the
line and sew ¼" to the left of marked line.Rotate block and sew in the same manner on
the red diagonal line.Cut apart on the
solid diagonal lines, pressing seams on each unit to C1-Light fabric.Each set of sewn squares will yield 4 C1
units with the straight-of-grain running along the 2 shorter sides of the
triangle, and the bias running on the long edge of the triangle.

Unit C1 - Make 96

Set aside 24 C1 units
to be used in another step

Using the remaining 72 C1 Units, sew the seventy-two (72)
C1-Dark triangles to the long side, press to C1-Dark:

Unit C2 – Make 72 (Unit
C2 should measure 3-1/2” x 3-1/2”)

Step 2 – Part D

For
5-fabric quilt

·Background Fabric

oCut two (2)
3-1/2” strips

·Color One Light
(C1-Light)

oCut two (2) 2”
strips

·Color Two Light
(C2-Light)

oCut two (2) 2”
strips

Sew a C1-Light Strip on top
of each BG Strip

Sew a C2-Light Strip on
bottom of each BG Strip

·Cut these into
thirty-four (34) 2” units which will measure 2” x 6-1/2”

For scrap-fabric quilt

·From various BG
fabrics

oCut thirty-four
(34) 2” x 3-1/2” rectangles

·From various C1-Light
fabrics

oCut thirty-four
(34) 2” squares

·From various
C2-Light fabrics

oCut thirty-four
(34) 2” squares

Sew one C1-Light square to left
end of each BG rectangle and one C2-Light square to right end of each BG rectangle,
press toward the C1-Light and C2-Light fabrics

All Unit measurements
will include seam allowances, unless otherwise noted

Step 1-Part A

For 5- fabric quilt

·Background Fabric

oCut
four (4) 7-1/4” strips

oFrom
these strips, cut eighteen (18) 7-1/4” squares

·Color One Light (C1-Light)

oCut
eight (8) 3-7/8” strips

oFrom
these strips, cut seventy-two (72) 3-7/8” squares

For scrap-fabric quilt

·From various Background fabrics

oCut
eighteen (18) 7-1/4” squares

·From various C1-Light fabrics

oCut
seventy-two (72) 3-7/8” squares

Unit A – make 72

Construct seventy-two (72) Flying Geese units, using the No-Waste
method.There is a good tutorial of this
method at http://www.patchpieces.com
(click on tab “Sharing Patch”, and then on “No Waste Flying Geese Shortcut”) (No affiliation, but a very good tutorial)

Just remember to use the measurements given above (beginning
with 2" strips) rather than using the measurements given in the tutorial
(beginning with 2-1/2" strips) (Again, no affiliation, but an excellent tutorial)

·Choose two colors
you like together (e.g., Red/Yellow, Blue/Green, Violet/Red, Blue/Orange,
Red/Green, Yellow/Purple, Brown/Turquoise, etc.), actually any two colors you
really like together;

·Pick two distinct
values of both colors (e.g., for a Blue/Green combination, you might choose a Medium
Blue, a Light Blue, a Medium-Dark Green and a Medium-Light Green (keeping in
mind that value is relative, i.e., what might be dark to you will be medium to
another), the important part here is that everything plays well together, but they
each have something about them that makes them enough different from the others
that you can still tell them apart;

·Choose a
background color that makes your other colors sing;

·You may also use
your stash to make the quilt.For
example, say you pick a Medium-Dark Purple for your Dark Color 1, take that
piece of fabric and look through your stash for other Medium-Dark Purples that
are very similar to the first fabric pulled in color and value, then continue
to pull Medium-Dark Purples in this manner until you have 1-5/8 yards of this
color/value; proceed in the same manner for each of the remaining color/values;
then pick your background fabrics in the same manner (e.g., you decide you like
a creamy beige with your pulled fabrics, pull out all your creamy beige fat
quarters (for instance) and use them all.

This quilt should work in many different styles, so if you
want to go with thirties, civil war reproductions, brights, novelties, spring,
winter, trendy, you name it, it should work as long as you are careful in
picking two distinct values of each of your two colors, and then pick a
background color that shows them all off.